Reformed : Confessions of a Preacher's Kid by Karl Petersen (2019, Hardcover) for sale online

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PublisherWipf & Stock Publishers

ISBN-101532671180

ISBN-139781532671180

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Book TitleReformed : Confessions of a Preacher's Kid

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicChristian Life / General, Religious, Personal Memoirs

Publication Year2019

GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorKarl Petersen

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight14.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"This is a riveting and humorous memoir of family life, the encountering of creation, personal pilgrimage, and grace-filled soul formation that will warm the heart and provide incentive for life in the triune God and his embodied community." --Ross Hastings, Regent College

SynopsisA heart-warming childhood memoir about the son of a Dutch Reformed preacher, Reformed sweeps us into a young boy's world of trials and redemption. Tornados, disabled siblings, death, guns, fears of losing his mother, and the mysteries of sex are challenges Karl faces before he is ten years old. He wrestles with the moral and theological puzzles that shape his world. Sometimes his conclusions challenge the status quo. When bad decisions lead to delinquency and crime, he must learn how to respond as flashes of truth and grace ignite in him the first flames of faith. Without self-pity, nostalgic sentiment, or indictment of his past, Petersen's stories--vivid, candid, and humorous--draw us into his quirky family of ten in a time before iPads. ""This is a riveting and humorous memoir of family life, the encountering of creation, personal pilgrimage, and grace-filled soul formation that will warm the heart and provide incentive for life in the triune God and his embodied community."" --Ross Hastings, Regent College Karl Petersen teaches English at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, Canada. He has two collections of poetry, Bellowing in the Common and Urban Fits, and a novel, The Kingdom of What Is. His new book, Reformed, is a non-fiction narrative. He was raised in rural Washington and now lives in Vancouver with his wife and two daughters., A heart-warming childhood memoir about the son of a Dutch Reformed preacher, Reformed sweeps us into a young boy's world of trials and redemption. Tornados, disabled siblings, death, guns, fears of losing his mother, and the mysteries of sex are challenges Karl faces before he is ten years old. He wrestles with the moral and theological puzzles that shape his world. Sometimes his conclusions challenge the status quo. When bad decisions lead to delinquency and crime, he must learn how to respond as flashes of truth and grace ignite in him the first flames of faith. Without self-pity, nostalgic sentiment, or indictment of his past, Petersen's stories--vivid, candid, and humorous--draw us into his quirky family of ten in a time before iPads.